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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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From our UK regional touring to our work here with the students of Acland Burghley School, we’re always striving to keep music alive and accessible for all. We are redefining what it means to be an orchestra in the 2020s – and can’t do it without your support. Find out the ways that you can support and become a part of this story below.

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Wednesday 23 August 2017

Former Principal Bassoon Peter Whelan introduces the baroque bassoon.

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"It's a really interesting journey to find the colours inside these instruments and just to see how the wood speaks and what it can say."

Peter Whelan, former Principal Bassoon

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